유해 물질이나 불순물을 섞어 더럽히거나 오염시키다.
To make something impure or dangerous by adding a poisonous or polluting substance.
예문:
"The groundwater was contaminated by chemicals leaking from the nearby factory."
"Improper handling of the samples could contaminate the entire experiment."
나쁜 영향으로 사람의 마음이나 성격, 가치 등을 타락시키거나 손상시키다.
To have a negative or corrupting influence on someone's mind, character, or an abstract concept.
예문:
"Constant exposure to misinformation can contaminate a person's ability to reason."
"Greed has contaminated the original spirit of the charitable organization."
두 가지 이상의 단어나 문장 형식을 혼합하여 새로운 형태를 만들거나 변형시키다.
To blend or fuse two different words or linguistic forms, often resulting in a new or erroneous form.
예문:
"In historical linguistics, words from different origins can contaminate each other's phonetic structures."
"The child contaminated two different nursery rhymes into one confusing song."